Kosciusko County The following individuals were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail: Oct. 18 Fermin Ayala Jr., 20, 1821 Sue Ave., Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $1,500 cash Cynthia Marie Semones, 40, 440 Wexford Place, Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $500 cash Jessika Katherine Greene, 25, 1103 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, …read more.

  Oscar Steven McDowell The second suspect in the Aug. 10 rape of a female, at Wyndham Gardens parking lot in Warsaw, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 5:14 p.m. tonight. Oscar Steven McDowell, 32, 626 N. Trumball Ave., Chicago, Ill., was booked on a charge of rape and held on $25,000 surety …read more.

On Thursday, Sept. 25, Charles M. Williams, 20, of Waukegan, Ill., was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail for rape armed with a deadly weapon. Williams’s charges stem from an incident that occurred in the Wyndham Gardens parking lot in Kosciusko County on Aug. 10, 2014. According to a probable cause affidavit from the Kosciusko …read more.

Kosciusko County Sept. 25, 2014 Jeremy Allen Garber, 41, 71 E. South Street, Milford, arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Bond: $450 cash Charles M. Williams, 20, 2433 Dugdale Road, Waukegan, Ill., arrested for rape – armed with a deadly weapon. Bond: $25,000 surety Shane Richard Taylor, 55, 877 N. Zimmer Road, …read more.

Authorities have arrested a Winona Lake man on a rape charge following a two-week investigation. Michael J. Elliott, 50, was arrested this afternoon by Warsaw Police on charges that he forced sex acts on a 17-year-old family friend at her Warsaw home. The girl went to Kosciusko Community Hospital on April 6 reporting she was …read more.

Originally charged with two Class B felonies for rape and criminal deviate conduct, Anthony J. Fulton, 25, of Warsaw, was sentenced today for a lesser charge of Class D felony sexual battery. Fulton was arrested in April for forcibly raping a woman as she walked near downtown Warsaw. According to Warsaw Police, the female victim …read more.

A Goshen man has been arrested and charged with rape and sexual battery following an investigation by Syracuse Police Department. According to Syracuse Police Chief Tony Ciriello, a 39-year-old woman reported on Aug. 17 that she was raped at a home in Syracuse. This afternoon, Jonathon Hulley, 34, was arrested on a warrant and charged …read more.

Warsaw Police have arrested a local man for an alleged weekend rape that happened near downtown Warsaw. The victim notified police Saturday evening saying she was walking near Fort Wayne Avenue on her way to meet friends at the Detroit Street McDonald’s. She said a man in a dark colored hoodie began following her. The …read more.

Fresh off the state’s first “Wine of the Year” medal at the annual Indy International Wine Competition, the Indiana Wine Grape Council says the industry is growing. Jeanette Merritt, marketing director of the group, explained a number of Hoosier vineyards are planting more grapes and some new wineries could be on the horizon. She said …read more.